Timeline of Munich

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Munich, Germany.

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Prior to 17th century

• 1158 - Henry the Lion builds bridge, mint, and salt-depot.[1]
• 1175 - Munich gains official status as city.
• 1239 - Coat of arms of Munich in use.
• 1240 - Otto II Wittelsbach in power.
• 1255 - City becomes ducal residence of Upper Bavaria.
• 1327 - Fire.[2]
• 1368 - Cathedral construction begins.[2]
• 1383 - Löwenbräu founded.[3]
• 1385 - Castle built.
• 1394 - Town Hall built.
• 1397 - Guild uprising.
• 1429 - Fire.
• 1482 - Johann Schauer sets up printing press.[4]
• 1494 - Frauenkirche consecrated.
• 1506 - City becomes capital of Bavaria.
• 1576 - Jesuit school built (approximate date).[5]

17th-18th centuries

• 1609 - Catholic League founded.
• 1617 - Hofgarten laid out.
• 1632 - City occupied by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.[2]
• 1634 - Bubonic plague.
• 1638 - Mary's Column erected, Marienplatz.
• 1653 - State opera active.
• 1675 - Nymphenburg Palace built.
• 1688 - Premiere of Steffani's opera Niobe.
• 1690 - Theatine Church built.
• 1705 - Sendlinger Mordweihnacht.
• 1739 - Amalienburg built.
• 1742 - Habsburgs in power.
• 1753 - Cuvilliés Theatre built.
• 1759 - Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities founded.
• 1762
  • 28 April: Fire.[6]
  • Hoforchester active.
• 1781 - Premiere of Mozart's opera Idomeneo.[7]
• 1789 - Englischer Garten laid out.
• 1797 - Charitable soup kitchen begins operating.[8]
• 1800 - 2 July: City taken by French forces.[2]

19th century

See also: Timeline of Munich/1801–1900 (in German)

• 1806 - City becomes capital of Kingdom of Bavaria.
• 1807
  • Viktualienmarkt active.
  • Hofgartenkaserne built.
  • Augustiner-Keller beer garden in business.
• 1808 - Royal Academy of Fine Arts established.
• 1809 - Alte Münze in use.
• 1810 - Wiesnwirt (Oktoberfest) begins.[8]
• 1818
  • National Theatre built.
  • Lese-Konditorei (reading cafe) in business.[8]
• 1826
  • Ludwig Maximilian University relocates to Munich.[2]
  • Türkenkaserne built.
• 1830
  • Ludwigstraße laid out (approximate date).
  • Glyptothek built.[9]
• 1836 - Alte Pinakothek established.[10]
• 1837 - Allerheiligen-Hofkirche built.
• 1839 - Train station opens.
• 1843
  • State Library building constructed.
  • Paläontologisches Museum established.[11]
• 1844
  • Ludwigskirche consecrated.
  • Feldherrnhalle constructed.
• 1848 - München-Pasing station opens.
• 1853
  • Maximilianstraße laid out.
  • Neue Pinakothek established.[12]
• 1854 - Glaspalast built; city hosts First General German Industrial Exhibition
• 1855 - Bavarian National Museum founded.
• 1861 - Population: 148,201.[13]
• 1862 - Propylaea constructed.
• 1865 - Premiere of Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde.[7]
• 1867 - Royal Bavarian Music School established.
• 1868 - State Museum of Ethnology founded.
• 1869 - Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke created.
• 1871
  • Haidhausen station and München Süd station open.
  • Population: 169,693.[14]
• 1875 - Munich Opera Festival begins.
• 1879 - Bavarian Army Museum founded.
• 1880
  • Bürgerliches Brauhaus formed.
  • Population: 230,023.[14]
• 1885
  • Bürgerbräukeller (beer hall) in business.
  • Population: 261,982.[14]
• 1887
  • Hofatelier Elvira founded.
  • Café Luitpold opens.[15]
• 1888 - Munich Stadtmuseum established.
• 1889 - Eisenbahnkaserne built.
• 1890 - Population: 350,594.[14]
• 1892
  • Rotkreuzklinikum München (hospital) opens.
  • Academic Alpine Club of Munich formed.[16]
• 1893
  • Munich City Archives active.
  • Kaim Orchestra formed.
• 1894 -Production of Hildebrand & Wolfmüller motorcycle begins.[17]
• 1895 - Population: 407,174.[14]
• 1896 - Simplicissimus magazine begins publication.
• 1898 - City hosts Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung.
• 1900 - Künstlerhaus am Lenbachplatz opens.

20th century

See also: Timeline of Munich/1901–2000 (in German)

1900–1945

Sterneckerbräu, where Hitler attended his first German Workers' Party meeting on 12 September 1919 (photo 1925).[18]

• 1901
  • Franz Eher publisher in business.
  • Prinzregententheater opens.
• 1902 - Anthropologisch-Prähistorisches Sammlung des Staates formed.
• 1903 - Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik founded.
• 1904 - Heinrich Thannhauser's art gallery opens.
• 1905 - Population: 538,983.
• 1908 - New Town Hall built; Rathaus-Glockenspiel installed.
• 1909
  • Neue Künstlervereinigung München founded.[19]
  • Modern Gallery of contemporary art and Schackgalerie[20] open.
• 1910 – 12 September: Premiere of Mahler's Symphony No. 8.
• 1911
  • Hellabrunn Zoo opens.
  • Der Blaue Reiter art exhibit held.[19]
• 1917 - Bayerische Motoren Werke formed.
• 1919
  • German Workers' Party founded in Munich.
  • 16 October: Hitler gives his first political speech at the Hofbräukeller.
  • City becomes capital of Bavarian Soviet Republic.
  • Population: 630,711.[21]
• 1920
  • Nazi paramilitary Sturmabteilung headquartered in Munich.
  • Nazi Völkischer Beobachter newspaper headquartered in Munich.
• 1923 - 8–9 November: Nazis attempt coup ("Beer Hall Putsch").[22]
• 1925 - Deutsche Verkehrsausstellung 1925 (transportation exposition) held in city.
• 1927 - Richard Strauss Conservatory founded.
• 1929 - Lenbachhaus museum opens.
• 1930
  • 13 September: Hitler gives campaign speech at the Circus Krone Building, prior to German federal election, 1930 on 14 September.
  • Population: 728,900.
• 1931 - National Socialist Party headquartered in Brown House.
• 1932
  • Nazi Sicherheitsdienst (intelligence agency) headquartered in Munich.
  • Zoologische Staatssammlung München formed.
• 1933
  • Nazi headquarters relocated from Munich to Berlin.
  • March: Dachau concentration camp begins operating near city.[17]
• 1934 - Hunting museum established.
• 1935 - Münchner Haus der Kulturinstitute built.
• 1937
  • Führerbau constructed.
  • 18 July: House of German Art opens.
  • 19 July: "Degenerate art" exhibit held in Hofgarten.[19]
• 1938
  • September: Munich Agreement signed.[23]
  • November: Kristallnacht.
• 1939
  • Munich-Riem Airport opens.
  • Population: 829,318.
• 1940
  • June: Bombing of Munich begins.
• 1942 - White Rose group active.[24]
• 1945
  • AFN Munich begins broadcasting.
  • Munich Central Collecting Point set up.
  • Denazification.
  • Christian Social Union in Bavaria headquartered in Munich.

1946-1990s

• 1948 - Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste established.
• 1949 - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra founded.
• 1951 - Residenz Theatre built.[25]
• 1952 - Deutsches Brauereimuseum founded.
• 1954 - Population: 908,572.
• 1955 - Fast-food Wienerwald (restaurant) in business.[8]
• 1958
  • 6 February: Munich air disaster.[26]
  • Population: 1,011,878.
• 1959 - Munich Book Fair begins.
• 1960
  • Munich Central Station rebuilt.
  • Convair 340 crash.
• 1961 - Population: 1,106,298.
• 1963 - National Theatre rebuilt.
• 1965 - Population: 1,214,603.
• 1966
  • Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst founded.
  • Deutsches Jagdmuseum reopens.
• 1967 - Staatliche Antikensammlungen opens.
• 1970 - Population: 1,311,978.
• 1971 - U-Bahn begins operating.
• 1972
  • S-Bahn begins operating.
  • Olympic Stadium opens; city hosts Summer Olympics; Munich massacre.
  • BMW Headquarters is established.
• 1973 - Islamic Center of Munich built.[27]
• 1978 - Population: 1,296,970.
• 1980 - Museum Witt established; Oktoberfest bombing.
• 1983 - City hosts Bundesgartenschau (garden show).[28]
• 1985 - Gasteig culture center opens.
• 1988 - Munich Biennale opera festival begins.
• 1989 - Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, USA.[29]
• 1990 - Museum of Man and Nature opens.
• 1992
  • City hosts 18th G7 summit.
  • Museum Villa Stuck opens.
• 1993
  • Bayerische Staatskanzlei built.
  • Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding founded.
• 1995 - Eureka Prometheus Project's VaMP driverless car goes to Copenhagen and back.
• 1996 - City website online (approximate date).[30]
• 1999 - BMW Headquarters declared as protected historial building
• 2000 - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie formed.[11]

21st century

• 2002 - Pinakothek der Moderne opens.
• 2003 - Goetz Collection opens.
• 2005 - Allianz Arena opens.
• 2006 - Ohel Jakob synagogue built.
• 2007
  • Jewish Museum opens.
  • Population: 1,311,573.
• 2009 - Museum Brandhorst opens.
• 2010 - Türkentor restored.
• 2012 - March: 2012 Munich artworks discovery.
• 2013 - Population: 1,407,836.
• 2014 - Dieter Reiter becomes mayor.
• 2015
  • Migrants arrive.[31]
  • NS-Dokumentationszentrum built.
• 2016 - Munich shooting occurs.

See also

• History of Munich
• List of mayors of Munich
• Timeline of German history
• Timelines of other cities in the state of Bavaria: Augsburg, Nuremberg, Würzburg

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31. "Tausende Flüchtlinge erreichen Bayern: München ist da" [Thousands of refugees reach Bavaria], Der Spiegel (in German), 1 September 2015

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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• Henry Rawle Wadleigh (1910), Munich, history, monuments, and art, London: T.F. Unwin, OL 7199297M
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• Gavriel D. Rosenfeld (2000). Munich and Memory: Architecture, Monuments, and the Legacy of the Third Reich. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-92302-7.
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in German

• Jahrbuch für Münchener Geschichte [Annual review of Munich history] (in German) 1887-
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External links

• Links to fulltext city directories for Munich via Wikisource